Reading offsite files... or not?

[Maxmillian]

1. For some reason i am having issues reading files from other websites.  Is this something that is not allowed?

    Example:  A text file on a seperate hosting site that can be read just by putting in the path/file.txt.  Any sort of attempt i have tried seems to silently die with no error codes and cancels out the rest of the script. 

2. If this is not possible, is there some storage area we can upload files to within our proboards forum sphere that we can update externally, or update internally (though external updates would be nicer due to php and other programs that can be run externally to collect information for said file(s).)

[Maxmillian]

Anyone at all know if reading an external text file is possible?  I've tried streams and buffers and all sorts of fun things. The java just just silently dies.  At this point I'd just be happy knowing it 'could' be done, I can work it out then but if not i keep wasting my time.  Any further help after that would be more than welcome as well of course.

[Maxmillian]

Anyone... Anyone...?

[Wormopolis]

in a post or somewhere else?

[Maxmillian]

Somewhere else. Like another website where I have a text file. I want to be able to read that file using Java or whatever else I might need to use on the proboards forums and then be able to manipulate that data.

[Maxmillian]

If it is not possible for some reason to use cross server client side stuff,(like openstream, etc) is there any way to upload a file (txt or xml) to my proboards forum so I can read from that using java, etc..?

[Wormopolis]

I meant where do you want to display these external text files?

[Maxmillian]

Different places eventually, for now on a custom page.

[Wormopolis]

so if you put the URL to that text file in your browser, will it open it then?

[Maxmillian]

yes

[Wormopolis]

can you give me an example of one of these files (or PM it to me) so I can test something?

[Maxmillian]

okay, this is a test file with just some misc data. www.haborym.com/xmas%20time/tiller%20rep%20gifts.txt it comes up just fine if you pull up the site.

[Wormopolis]

if you click that link there it doesnt work.

is this an internal document that only people on a sub-network can access?

[Maxmillian]

Sorry for slow reply had a couple day hospital thingy.. but try it without the www. haborym.com/xmas%20time/tiller%20rep%20gifts.txt

[maxmillian]

not sure why it keeps adding www in front of that "http://haborym.com/xmas%20time/tiller%20rep%20gifts.txt"

should be http://hab.....